General Skills Statistics

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£51,249	-1.44%	17,650 19.04%	8,148
Finance	2	No change0	£67,500	-3.57%	12,115 13.07%	6,302
Analytical Skills	25	Down -17 places-17	£54,068	-1.69%	4,795 5.17%	3,069
Inclusion and Diversity	29	Down -15 places-15	£55,000	-	4,236 4.57%	1,284
Marketing	31	Down -5 places-5	£47,500	-9.52%	4,071 4.39%	2,510
Banking	41	Down -9 places-9	£85,000	+6.25%	3,467 3.74%	915
Public Sector	44	Up 46 places+46	£60,000	-	3,328 3.59%	1,602
Manufacturing	49	Down -26 places-26	£45,000	-5.26%	2,876 3.10%	1,350
Retail	51	Down -17 places-17	£54,817	+15.40%	2,824 3.05%	1,606
Law	65	Down -32 places-32	£60,000	+9.09%	2,379 2.57%	1,244
Legal	75	Down -10 places-10	£65,000	+8.33%	2,147 2.32%	1,551
Organisational Skills	97	Up 18 places+18	£38,000	-5.00%	1,737 1.87%	960
Telecoms	107	Up 34 places+34	£42,500	-	1,595 1.72%	816
Games	157	Up 57 places+57	£47,500	-	1,202 1.30%	535
Electronics	166	Down -100 places-100	£52,500	-8.69%	1,140 1.23%	528
Aerospace	199	Up 138 places+138	£55,000	+0.37%	955 1.03%	501
Influencing Skills	209	Up 26 places+26	£71,000	+13.60%	909 0.98%	547
Automotive	216	Up 122 places+122	£50,000	-0.10%	854 0.92%	434
Presentation Skills	227	Down -115 places-115	£57,500	-	780 0.84%	726
Advertising	267	Down -45 places-45	£46,750	-10.95%	661 0.71%	336
Pharmaceutical	296	Up 57 places+57	£60,000	+20.00%	584 0.63%	286
Local Government	298	Up 84 places+84	£52,500	+5.00%	578 0.62%	295
Back Office	365	Up 99 places+99	£55,000	-24.13%	435 0.47%	150
Documentation Skills	370	Up 58 places+58	£52,500	-4.54%	426 0.46%	246
Financial Institution	372	Down -120 places-120	£85,000	+3.03%	421 0.45%	306
Billing	390	Up 98 places+98	£42,500	-19.04%	390 0.42%	284
Military	412	Down -7 places-7	£42,500	-22.72%	358 0.39%	217
Aviation	417	Up 118 places+118	£60,000	+25.83%	348 0.38%	168
Front Office	424	Down -223 places-223	£100,000	-13.04%	337 0.36%	153
Multimedia	430	Up 184 places+184	£30,500	-15.27%	329 0.36%	466
French Language	450	Down -99 places-99	£45,000	-30.76%	299 0.32%	114
German Language	478	Down -142 places-142	£40,000	-44.82%	262 0.28%	150
Health Technology	514	Up 16 places+16	£60,000	-7.69%	217 0.23%	115
Publishing	549	Down -68 places-68	£50,000	-21.87%	182 0.20%	142
Investment Banking	560	Down -231 places-231	£95,000	-15.55%	171 0.18%	138
Social Housing	577	Up 61 places+61	£55,000	+15.78%	154 0.17%	66
Spanish Language	598	Up 30 places+30	£54,000	+44.00%	133 0.14%	66
Tech for Good	605	Down -72 places-72	£69,000	+7.81%	126 0.14%	56
Police	623	Down -73 places-73	£58,728	+14.03%	108 0.12%	59
Agriculture	626	No change0	£43,500	-25.95%	105 0.11%	52
Digital Healthcare	638	Up 14 places+14	£60,000	-7.69%	93 0.10%	32
Digital Health	639	Up 8 places+8	£53,750	-17.30%	92 0.099%	47
Portuguese Language	647	Up 7 places+7	£60,000	+106.89%	84 0.091%	21
Dutch Language	650	Down -206 places-206	£35,000	-	81 0.087%	26
Fire and Rescue	651	Down -16 places-16	£55,000	+36.82%	80 0.086%	39
Brand Awareness	654	Down -39 places-39	£55,000	+46.66%	77 0.083%	62
General Ledger	655	Down -35 places-35	£72,000	+10.76%	76 0.082%	64
Retail Banking	663	Down -94 places-94	£85,000	+5.53%	68 0.073%	26
Mandarin Language	664	Down -35 places-35	£47,500	-17.39%	67 0.072%	39
Italian Language	664	Down -26 places-26	£56,200	-22.48%	67 0.072%	40